When it comes to representing our ideas, one way to narrow the focus?
The Sound Bite!
First, what is a sound bite? In what context do we hear them? See them?
Mark Twain once said that a sound bite "was a minimum amount of words for a maximum effect."
In film and broadcasting, a sound bite is a short of text that is taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority or the average person "on the street" says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be the most important point.
Representing Ideas with Digital Video: The DV Sound Bite!
So, what does digital video add to the text and sound?
When it comes to representing our ideas, one way to narrow the focus?
The Sound Bite!
First, what is a sound bite? In what context do we hear them? See them?
Mark Twain once said that a sound bite "was a minimum amount of words for a maximum effect."
In film and broadcasting, a sound bite is a short of text that is taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority or the average person "on the street" says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be the most important point.
Representing Ideas with Digital Video: The DV Sound Bite!
So, what does digital video add to the text and sound?
Example:
Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman
Considerations:
DIY YouTube Aesthetic v. Professionally edited video
Flip Cam v. higher end camera
Logistics of Flip Cam or other small, hand-held camera
YOUR NEXT STEP: Plan, storyboard, and then film -- using the Flip cam or your own hand-held device -- your own DV Sound Bite!